After a much-needed
rest we awoke to rain showers and a grey blustery day. Our plan today
was to see the vet, change the tunnel booking then find somewhere to
wait out the necessary 24 hours we needed after Jamies worming
treatment. So we were a little alarmed on checking the Eurotunnel
website to find all departures were sold out – that simply cannot
be! However a telephone call, with a not unexpeceted longish wait on
hold, reassured us we could have virtually any time we wanted so
chose early Sunday morning. This means we've got the full day to
drive home and maybe stop off at Mums too.
So after breakfast we
drove the ten minutes to Rue to find the vet was open. The girl
covering reception was not at all helpful, saying we needed to
telephone for an appointment but all three vets were there and after
explaining our crossing was on Sunday morning they told us to bring
Jamie in and they would see to him there and then. Could have been a
problem with our tunnel booking......!
Aldi have a store
almost next to the vet so Bren popped in, after having to queue
outside, for some little extras to tide us over for the remainder of
the trip home. Then a decision; should we go back to Le Crotoy for
another night or head on to be closer to the tunnel. Choosing the
latter we took our usual D940 route along the coast, being stopped
once by the police who waved us on when we said we had a tunnel
reservation back to Angleterre.
Wissant is our
preferred stop as it is only 15 mins from the tunnel and very quiet,
but today it was too quiet, ie closed! Hmmm, being now unable to use
the carpark at Citie de Europ and all campsites and official aires
apparently closed, we resorted to those we knew could not be closed
off and settled for Gravelines, a little past Calais and about 30
mins drive from the tunnel. A miserable run in pouring rain along the
motorway, our consolation being that Bertie was getting a good wash
at last, and we arrived to find an empty but open aire.
So now we're sitting
watching and listening to the rain but at least we're warm and dry
and can relax for 24 hours; we've got all we need now. Just every now
and then Jamie wants to go out but that's okay and the weather
forecast says this should clear up this evening and then stay dry for
our trip home.
This is probably our
last post before returning home. It's a shame that the trip should
end in such a sudden and unexpected way but we feel, in the
circumstances and judging by all the news reports we're seeing about
Covid-19, that we have done the right thing in timely fashion. But at
least we're in a position to do things for ourselves, unlike the
thousands of holidaymakers “trapped” in Spain, threatened with
being thrown out of their hotels with few aircraft available to bring
them home.
With this and Brexit
it's beginning to look like travel and tourism will wear a somewhat
different face in the future.
Thanks for reading this
load of tosh. We haveno idea of where or when our next trip will be!
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